founders of our government, the framers of the organic law of the nation. Our constitution, the magna charta of American liberty, the model political creed of the world, recognizes property in slaves, and was framed as much for the protection of him who holds that species of property, as for him whose wealth consists in lands, merchandise, or manufactures. The great fundamental principle which should constitute the basis of any and all governments, "That all men are created equal," was recognized by that memorable body, and incorporated into that constitution; and we, their posterity, recognize it as true to the letter, both in theory and practice. But we, like them, should not lose sight of the principle, that they were legislating for the Anglo-Saxon race alone, and not for a combination of races; for the American citizen, strictly speaking, and not for a motley variety of population, composed of an indiscriminate commixture of the civilized white man, the savage Indian, and the woolly-headed African negro. No such combination was ever contemplated by that honorable body, and any attempt on the part of the citizens of any State or territory, to form any such combination, or to elevate any other race to a political equality with the whites, we believe to come but little short of treason against the government. They may be permitted to dwell amongst us, and receive the protection of our government, but never to exercise the rights of citizenship.
The slaveholder, therefore, knowing that he holds his property in slaves by this right, and not ignorant of the fact, that the Bible recognizes the relation of master and slave; and that he, therefore, is violating no
